British Judge Allows Julian Assange to Post Bail

Julian Assange was in court again this morning. The WikiLeaks founder is still fighting extradition to Sweden for alleged sex crimes, but today's appearance had more to do with the conditions of his bail. A British judge in a high court heard an appeal from prosecutors, but ruled against the appeal, allowing Assange to be freed from jail for some $317,000 bail. Other stipulations may also apply; the 39-year-old Australian might have to wear an electronic monitoring device, and give up his passport. But he reportedly does plan on leaving his cell for some nicer digs: a 10-room mansion in Essex.

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The issue is that the judge will be looking at is whether or not he's seen as a flight risk, in other words, whether the judge thinks that the courts can actually rely on him turning up for that extradition hearing next year.